Joy Reid speaks for us all:
Oh for God’s sake. It’s not like he had to go hat in hand to the local credit union. He’s a billionaire. He could have $20,000 or $200,000 delivered to him at any hour of the day.
Edit: Please link to any post you’ve made in the past that expressed concern about how challenging cash bail is for defendants. It seems to me that this may be a relatively recent concern for some reason.
“Hello, Vlad? Don here … Well, I’ve had better days to be honest. Listen, can you do me a favor? Dip into your US dollar cash reserves. I need $20,000 as soon as possible … Yes, of course, I’ll pay you back. Hey, we’re buddies after all … Thanks, Vlad, and I’ll watch for your courier tomorrow. 'Bye for now!”
“Sir? I’m going to need you to remove your hairpiece for the mug shot.”
“What? It isn’t? You’re kidding, right??”
215 lbs?!
"And I’ll tell you, people were crying, people that worked there — professionally work there — that have no problems putting in murderers and they see everybody. It’s a tough, tough place,” Trump continued. “And, they were crying, they were actually crying. They said ‘I’m sorry,’ they’d say, ‘2024 sir,’ and tears were pouring down. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
CBS station in Boston is interrupting Jeopardy! to cover this. That’s not the biggest reason to hate Trump, but it doesn’t help.
When you said he’s not a billionaire, I believed you. He’s probably way less than a billionaire. And most banks don’t want his business. His primary bank doesn’t much deal in cash:
Punitive bail is a real problem.
He has finished up and should be out soon, mugshot to be released soon.
Surely another indictment can be added for making false statements on an official document?
No way, no how he is 215.
Laughable. What planet did he weigh himself on?
Earth. But that was twenty years ago.
Seriously, CNN is reporting that the weight comes from some forms that Trump had to fill out. So he self-reported his weight.
Sheriff’s deputy standing behind him with his hands under Trump’s armpits, lifting him a bit from the scale.
Msnbc hasn’t seen that yet. They would have fallen out of their chairs laughing. Self reporting would explain the strawberry blond.
There is not enough money in the world to pay me to do that.
The motorcade is moving out.
CNN: Fulton County sheriff demanded a mugshot, so a mugshot was taken. Should be released at some point.
Apparently, plans are already underway to merchandise it. I suppose coffee mugs (pun fully intended), T-shirts, keychains, shotglasses …
I was officially weighed at a ‘doctor’ (PA-C) visit Tuesday. I’m 206 pounds, and I’m not 7-foot-three like Trump claims to be. I absolutely do not look as obese as Trump.
To be fair, Trump could have filled out the forms that included his height and weight … back in the 70’s … for … for just such an eventuality.
Maybe there was a moment there where he did have a modicum of self-awareness – in the heavy blow, Studio 54 days.